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Ra.One Official Weekend Numbers

with the biggest ever gross opening weekend collections of Rs. 170 crore worldwide

# Creates highest single day collections record.

# Highest Diwali day collections.

# Highest weekend collections.

# Highest first weekend overseas collections in the history of Indian cinema.

Mumbai, 31st October 2011: Eros International Media Ltd (Eros International), a

leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry has announced

a historic and record breaking opening for Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One, produced by

Red Chillies Entertainments in association with Winford Productions which released

across theatres worldwide on 26th October 2011. SRK’s super hero action film

has set a new record at the Indian box office by earning a gross of Rs. 170 crore

worldwide in the opening weekend (first five days of release).

The highly anticipated Diwali release triumphed at the box office with an incredible

weekend gross collection of Rs. 137.25 crore (Net Collection of Rs. 96 crore) in

India and Rs. 32.75 crore overseas. Since its release, Ra.One has been creating

history by shattering regional, national and international box office record after

record with the biggest Diwali day opening followed by the biggest single day

collections for an Indian film and now the biggest ever weekend release for both

India and overseas box office.

Ra.One opened across more than 4,000 plus screens worldwide (3,100 plus screens

in India and 904 prints internationally, including 3D, Tamil and Telugu) and is the

biggest Hindi grosser in south markets too.

Commenting on the opening, Nandu Ahuja, Sr. VP, Distribution, Eros International

Media Ltd said, “Ra. One released to packed houses across the country on Diwali

day and has already created history by taking over the mantle of the biggest

domestic earner so far. The film continues to be on its record breaking spree with

several new achievements since its release. It has touched the highest individual

collection in circuits such as Mumbai, Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan. We see repeat

viewings of the movie with the 3-D version being equally sought after. With the

Eid holiday also coming up next week and no other major film release; we are

anticipating the film to continue doing huge numbers”.

Speaking on Ra.One’s overseas performance, Pranab Kapadia, President –

Distribution – Eros International plc said, “With Ra.One, Eros International once

again consolidates and establishes its global distribution network and the film

is enjoying a superb run across all major regions including UK, North America,

Europe, Australia and the Middle East. Overseas, the film has broken SRK’s own

previous first weekend record established by My Name is Khan and Ra. One now

occupies the position of biggest Indian first weekend grosser overseas as well.

The Saturday release of 3D versions in most overseas markets means that we are

looking at the film continuing to do some excellent numbers through the coming

weeks”.

Ken Naz, President, Eros International, USA added, “Eros has capitalized on its key

competitive advantage of its worldwide distribution network to exploit the film and

not surprisingly, Ra.One has had a brilliant opening across the country. Despite

storms in the east coast and a state of emergency declared, the film has performed

so well. Apart from audience appreciation, leading media like the New York Times

and LA Times have hailed the film too and we can confidently declare this film to be

one of the biggest ever blockbusters and top earners for an Indian film in the USA”.

Kamal Jain, Group CFO, Eros International Media Ltd said, “As well as setting new

box office records, Ra.One has also been able to set a new benchmark in terms of

brand tie ups and merchandising. With Volkswagan, McDonalds, PlayStation and

Tag Heur amongst its partners it has opened up a whole new areas of funding and

cross promotion. Through pre-licensing of rights and the strong theatrical advances

and collections till date, we have already recovered our investment. The financial

success of Ra.One demonstrates the efficacy of our movie monetization model

and the unparalleled strength of our marketing and distribution network both in

India and globally. We are very glad with the results posted by Ra.One and it is a

profitable venture and the performance is as per our expectations”.

The international exposure of Ra.One will continue to grow in the coming months

as Eros International continues to take the film to more and more countries. The

film is scheduled for theatrical release in the first quarter of 2012 across several

territories including South Korea,, Hong Kong , Taiwan , Russia , Lebanon, Jordan,

Syria and Palestine , Brazil , Spain, Italy and Greece .

Ra.One is Shah Rukh Khan’s most ambitious project to date directed by Anubhav

Sinha starring King Khan himself as G.One along with Arjun Rampal as Ra.One and

Kareena Kapoor. The film’s visual effects and state of the art production techniques

have set a new standard in Indian film. All this, combined with a widely acclaimed

soundtrack produced by Vishal & Shekhar and featuring Grammy award nominee

Akon, have made Ra.One a must see film.

For Eros, the success of Ra.One is part of its ongoing slate of film releases. In the

current financial year it expects to release over 70 Indian films with high profile

releases to date including Ready, Murder 2, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Mausam.

The line-up for the remainder of the financial year continues to look very attractive

with three major releases still to come – Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar, Rohit Dhawan’s Desi

Boyz and Shriram Raghavan’s Agent Vinod.

Eros International’s Ra.One breaks all box office records for any Hindi film till date